Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:50 AM EDT on May 12, 2016
- Daily News: De Blasio Instructing DOT to Implement Life-Saving Street Design = Strong-Arming
- More Reality Based Queens Boulevard Coverage From Gothamist and DNA
- Toll Reform Gains Support From Suburban Legislators (AMNY)
- There Is an MTA L Train Meeting in Manhattan Tonight (Gothamist)
- The Longer the Gateway Review Process Takes, the More It Will Cost (DNA)
- Post: Vehicular Crimes Chief One of Several Prosecutors Resigning From Ken Thompson’s Office
- Drivers Are Being Ticketed for Blocking Sidewalk Ramps and the New York Post Is All Over It
- Former Brooklyn Assembly Member Alec Brook-Krasny: I’m “Too Lazy” to Surrender Official Plates (Post)
- The Number of Unlicensed New York Motorists Looks Poised to Increase (Post)
- Post: Treating Drivers Fairly Would Put Uber Out of Business, and That Would Be a Shame
- New York City Cyclists Are Out of Control (DNA, NY1)
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Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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